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The Pentax K-50 is the follow-up to the K-30, a mid-level DSLR with a 16MP sensor and PRIME M processor. Image processing has been improved on the K-50, with the promise of fewer 'jaggies' in images. Additionally, the K-50 has 100% field of view viewfinder, in-camera shake reduction, four optional interchangeable focusing screens, and a fast shutter with the ability to shoot at speeds up to 1/6000. The weather-resistant camera can be custom ordered in 120 possible color combinations, and is compatible with Eye-Fi SD Cards.
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First user review here? Kidding me!? :)
I'm very surprised there aren't any user reviews here on DPR! My full review is on my blog, so here is my conclusion on what I like: (1) Build/design similar in quality and feel to the K20/10 DSLRS (2) Weather Sealed (kit comes with WR kit lens too) (3) Excellent optical finder- 100% accurate and bright/large (4) Dual customizable control ...
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I got this camera a couple of weeks ago, through Airmiles, and I must say, I love this camera so far. I used to (and still) have the K-1000 and ME Super, that I used back in the 80's through to the mid to late 90's, that's when I got my 1st Digital point & shoot camera. Since then I have had two point & shoot cameras, and loved using them. It's only lately that I got the itch to get back into SLR photography, but the prices were way out of my league (given my current situation). So Thank ...
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I have been looking up cameras to choose from. This will be my first dslr. I want to try and get the best value. Out of these few which one would be the best if I could get them around a similar price. pentax k5 pentax k50 pentax k500 nikon d5200 nikon d3200
We do get a lot of questions like this and it is not always easy to answer. It is my opinion that before buying any of them, you have to handle the cameras. Often the best specified camera does not feel right in your hands. Try them out, which will narrow your choices further. I will then say, "Buy the one that feels best to you". Continue Reading
The problem with answering you is that they are all good cameras. The only one I personally don't like is the D3200 because it lacks features which are standard on all other manufacturer's entry level DSLRs. Some of the Pentax models have weather sealing ( which is not an OK to rush out in a dust storm or high gale - it just means they're more resistant to normal rain levels than a non-sealed DSLR ). I would not put too much emphasis on this - in my experience most people simply do not photograph much in poor weather. However it's a factor for some people. Some Pentax models have a pentaprism viewfinder ( as opposed to the cheaper penta-mirror used on other entry level DSLRs ). These tend to be brighter. I've used both and while there is a difference, I would again not call it a major deciding factor. Pentax equipment can be harder to find, so keep that in mind. The biggest factor apart from those points would be that the handling and feel of each is different. This is important as ... Continue Reading
The Pentax K-50 makes for an amazing value, and I tend to strongly recommend it for anyone who's looking for a mid-range DSLR. But is a DSLR really what you want, or need? If you don't plan on shooting in low-light (be it indoors or just very early or very late in the day), there's almost no advantage to an interchangeable-lens camera whatsoever. Just get a high-end compact camera, like the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, or its improved and more expensive version, the RX100 II. If you do, but won't shoot sports, a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (from now on - MILC) may suit you better than a DSLR. They are smaller and lighter, and so are the lenses available for them, though the selection is not as broad as the availability of lenses for Nikon and Canon (though the mirrorless systems, especially the Micro Four Thirds mount and Fujifilm's X-mount, are catching up, and are pretty much on par with Pentax - while MFT may have already surpassed it). Some of the newer ones are ... Continue Reading
K50 and K500 metering sensor
Hi, according to the specs the K50 and K500 have a 77 point metering sensor. Is it still that faulty unit, that make Pttl so amusing or did they replace it? THX for your replies Albert
It' the same 77 segment one as used in the K-30. P-TTL works OK (Sigma 610) and consistently but bounce flash definitely needs -1.5EV EC to match direct flash. Continue Reading
Hi Brad, THX for your reply. As you might guess, I am not really happy with Pttl. I often use my flash(es) bounced or wireless with or without umbrella / softbox. In these configurations it is often trial an error to get a precise exposure. Tuning up / down the flash exposure sometimes has no effect, changing the aperture has (!), mostly f/5.6 or f/8 work, f/2.8 or f/4 often causes overexposure. I working more and ore with full manual control instead. Other users have found the new 86k metering module to be more consitent (Andrew, where are you?). I was hoping, that an improved77-segment-module is used in the new cameras. Have a nice day Albert Continue Reading
K3 metering is reported to be very accurate. Continue Reading
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Hi everyone - i have been out of the market in regards to purchasing a camera for about 10 years and needless to say i'm kind of overhelmed. I was looking at a lot of reivews and kind of landed on the Pentax K50. i know there are a lot of other choices out there, but am i picking the best one? I mainly shoot landscape when i travel. this is usually in bright to normal outdoor light using low ISO's. looking for full frame or APS-C. i don't need a whole lot of options because i am more of a point and click then do all the editing i need on photoshop. for the lenses, i am looking for 18-300mm and it can be all in one lens or seperate, doesn't matter. main options i need are auto focus and the ability to switch between manual and presets (like landscape, portrait, sports, etc). everything else is optional. my budget is 600$ for the body and/or under $1000 for lenses and body. perceived level = beginner
Not a bad way to think about it! For me, the "best" camera is a 10 year old Nikon d200, because it has a nice, large prism viewfinder, a lot of buttons, a rugged build, and it is relatively inexpensive (about us$300). For my wife, the "best" camera seems to be the Sony Nex 3n I just got her, because it works well in low light and it fits in her purse. I like it a lot too, btw. Given the desires of the original poster, probably any number of cameras would be equally best. Nikon d5xxx with 18-105 and 70-300 would be a pretty good combination. But you might want to look into a used Sigma 10-20. They aren't too much $ and they are really good lenses. They open up a lot of landscape possibilities. Continue Reading
If we do a little market analysis on dslr sales: Canon is number one then nikon then pentax. So by the "best" one its all relative. Is it a good camera? absolutely. I think the best dslr in your price range is by far the Nikon D5300. Get the kit and add the excellent 70-300 nikon lens. and BAM. Its all you'll need. Full frame is WAY out of your budget. starts at 1700$ and goes up from there. However things in the camera world have changed a great deal in the past 10 years. Mirrorless cameras from Sony, Olympus, Fuji and Panasonic can all match or surpass many DSLRs in a much smaller and lighter package. The new Sony A6000 at 800$ for the kit for example is pretty much unbeatable in image quality, autofocus, ISO performance, and speed (frames per second) in that price range. It has the same sized APS-C sensor as the big dslrs. (even newer version of it however). You can do the research yourself, dont take my word for it but at least give it a look. Continue Reading
Best is subjective. There is no best. There is only what works for you. And there isn't any one solution that works for everyone. Hence the number of different cameras on the market. However, if it helps, any camera on the market is capable of taking a good or bad picture. The difference isn't in the camera, it's in the person using the camera. The only thing any camera does is record light, record an exposure. There will be differences in features , so find that camera that has the right set of features for you. The only drawback to the Pentax is that they currently don't offer a full frame option. So if you are ever considering "upgrading" to full frame, Pentax might not be the choice for you. Define options. It is the options/features that set cameras apart from one another. All of them at going to have an aperture/shutter/ISO… the things that control recording the light/exposure. Oh, it matters. It matters more than the camera. It just not matter much to you and that's fine. But ... Continue Reading
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Cigars have been a part of my life. My smoking habit began in my youth, helped me write my own adult history, and now, cigars are in my dreams. Even though the world is rising against smoking, and particularly against cigars, I still feel they are part of my daily world and I have no incentive to stop smoking them.
My cigar smoking started when I was young. I entered the United States Navy in the early days of World War II and when I reached the age of 19 I became commanding officer of a submarine chaser in the Pacific Ocean. But to run a ship that had 25 sailors and two other officers, all older than me, posed a deep psychological problem . How could I convince them that I was a man of authority? Even if the quality of those big cigars was mediocre, they accomplished their purpose--they made a 19-year-old boy really look like the commander of the ship.
When I returned to San Francisco after the war, I went back to a job at a daily newspaper where I had briefly worked before entering the Navy. I kept on smoking my cigars while I wrote articles. But the cigars were still bad cigars, and they obviously smelled bad. There was a wonderful woman journalist working for the newspaper who hated the smell. She decided to take up a collection among my fellow workers. She handed me $19.32 and told me it was her contribution for a better quality of cigars. Better cigars, better smell.
Despite the self-interested largess of my colleagues, I still did not advance to the cream of available cigars in those days, the imports from Cuba. Actually, I would have to wait until I was almost 35 years old before I started to work for a rising young American politician named John Kennedy, who liked to smoke Petit Upmann Cuban cigars. Working around him, I felt I had no choice but to upgrade my smoke of choice to a Cuban. I've smoked them ever since.
Shortly after I entered the White House in 1961, a series of dramatic events occurred. In April, 1961, the United States went through the disastrous error of the Bay of Pigs, where Cuban exiles with the help of the United States government tried to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. Several months later, the President called me into his office in the early evening.
"Pierre, I need some help," he said solemnly.
"I'll be glad to do anything I can Mr. President," I replied.
"I need a lot of cigars."
"How many, Mr. President?"
"About 1,000 Petit Upmanns."
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John LaPorta — port charlotte, florida, usa, — February 3, 2012 11:06pm ET
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The spunky teen gained attention after her YouTube makeup tutorials won over legions of fans across the nation, earning over 40 million views.
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I just learned this news a few second ago, My heart stopped..as I read that talia died at age 13, no, i said, no....What a beautiful girl,,,My prayers go out tho the parents of this sweet innocent young precious girl, you are an angel, rest in peace..Talia, Thank you Ellen, You Made her so happy that day on your Show. God Bless the Ellen's in the World who truly made a difference in that little beauty's life
I feel for Talia's family, loosing a family member to that terrible decease is devastating, I los my mother to leukemia and I know it is very difficult, but a young girl like Talia, will always be with us in spirit, I saw her in the Ellen DeGeneres TV show and I noticed how wonderful she was her smile her way of thinking was beyond anyone her age, that proves her parents are wonderful people and raised her to be a great human being, I feel for them now and I will pray for God to help them heal this pain and help them keep her spirit alive. God bless Talia
I sobbed at reading the post and I have no words to help her family accept you some how get used to how much it hurts inside. It won't get easy but I thank god for it because its all I have left now of loves and lost. I pray for dreams and smile through tears but finally remember beyond the cancer. With mad love for talia 2013, Jordan 2005at 10 years old( my step son all his life oh but he held my heart), my mom in 2013! All taken by cancer. I no our wounds will never heal! Please find a way to cure cancer! I honor you all, god bless and keep all well!


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The iconic private eye of film noir would not get very far using traditional detective methods in the era of communicating by smart phones and the Internet, when there's no paper to leave a trail.
With current technology, a gumshoe need not even wear shoes, nor does an investigation necessarily require a professional investigator. Many options are available to anybody who wants to know what someone else is doing in the digital realm.
Keystroke loggers record everything that's typed on the designated computer or mobile device. They are installed as software such as Web Watcher, which leaves no visible files on the computer. In the case of Web Watcher, the program sends the information to a web-based account. It can report on email, social media, web history, searches, the computer's location, as well as the programs are being used, and the person monitoring the computer can set up alert words to trigger screenshots.
If the person installing that keystroke logging software needs to log in but doesn't have that computer's password, it's a matter of making another purchase: a password cracking utility.
(Read more: Former U.S. Spy Warns on Cybersecurity)
For smart phones, there are flash drives such as the Recover It that can pull deleted emails, videos, or pictures, search chat logs, or Cellphone Recon, which can show the user all phone calls made, GPS locations of the phone, text messages and emails, and Internet browsing history. Once installed, it's running whenever the phone is on, but the application does not show up on the mobile device as a running program.
There are many smart phone apps for functions such as covert audio and phone call recordings, covert photo and video recordings, sending messages that self-destruct, and for GPS location tracking.
Now, all of these products and services surely raise legal and ethical concerns. It mostly hinges on how you use them. Legitimate reasons include monitoring your children's online behavior to protect their safety, monitoring employee behavior while on the job, and in the case of the keystroke loggers, making sure no one is using your computer while you're away.
Jon Mark, owner of the SpyTec store in New York, which sells some of the smart phone and computer monitoring devices, said, "Our products are like anything else … a car or a steak knife. You can use a car to go from one place to the other, or feloniously. Our stuff you can use for good, important purposes, or you can use it to be … almost criminal."
SpyTec is a 10-year-old midtown shop that does about three- quarters of its business online. It typically sells nanny cams to parents, and granny cams to monitor eldercare-givers, as well as supplying customers with spousal fidelity concerns, private investigators and police detectives. In more recent years, Mark has seen a shift toward the digital spying methods, which he says is still a growing segment of his business but makes up about 25 percent of it now. He notes he doesn't sell any voice recording devices since covertly recording audio is illegal in most states.
He said the biggest sellers are the smartphone devices, "since most people seem to use them as their main avenue of communication these days."
(Read more: US to Let Spy Agencies Scour Americans' Finances)
For those not inclined to conduct their own investigations of communications and activities that are presumed private, many people offer worlds of information while using the Internet to anyone who cares to look. Shellee Hale, private investigator and president of Camandago, offers "Internet Investigations" as well as email tracing and investigation of the subject's Internet footprint.
"We have the World Wide Web and the invisible web: things that are behind firewalls, password protected," Hale said. "How do you get to that without just doing Google?"
"It used to be that 60 to 80 percent of web material was not being crawled by spiders [for indexing in Google's search results]. There are techniques you can use if you're a [webpage] owner to not have it crawl certain pages. There's also techniques you can use to search those pages." Hale cites Webferret, Websleuth, Centerfuge, Infomine and the Wayback Machine, programs and sites available to anyone, as her investigative tools.
"As a private person, the access to data is often so great you don't need to pull a private investigator, you can do it yourself if you get a little education and do research around it."


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- Silicon Valley's 19 Coolest Places to Work
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Network World - Tech vendors have been as bombastic as ever promoting the magical and amazing things their latest smartphones, cloud computing wares and network gear can do. When things go wrong, they're naturally a little less visible, but plenty of companies have sucked it up and done the right thing this year (perhaps with a little legal prodding here and there) and publicly apologized for minor and major customers inconveniences.
IN PICTURES: 11 sorriest tech companies of 2012
Here's a brief rundown of the sorry, sorry action so far in 2012:
Apple has a reputation for not apologizing for much of anything (or even deigning to comment on anything slightly controversial). It even twisted a court order in the U.K. in October into a sort of non-apology apology/advertisement and then a snoozy newspaper ad.
But actually, the company has said sorry numerous times in recent years, for everything from long waits for buyers of the first iPhones in 2007 to the notorious antenna-gate problems with the iPhone 4. This time around, CEO Tim Cook issued an apology in the wake of the company's release of disappointing maps technology in iOS 6. The apology read, in part:
"At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better."
One Apple executive who reportedly didn't want to sign off on the apology -- iOS chief Scott Forstall -- has now left the company in a management shake-up. And Forstall was joined in departing by John Browett, Apple's retail chief, whose group's problems with store staffing over the summer resulted in another Apple apology.
Responding to customer backlash over making Cisco Connect Cloud service a default management system for high-end Linksys routers, Cisco apologized and made it so customers need to opt in to the service if they want it. The default is now a traditional setup for management over the LAN.
Customers balked at Cisco Connect Cloud for numerous reasons, including worries about Cisco snooping on their network use and strict terms of service that restricted access to certain content, possibly including spam and porn, among other things.
Brett Wingo, vice president and general manager of Cisco Home Networking, wrote in July:
"We believe lack of clarity in our own terms of service has contributed to many of our customers' concerns, and we apologize for the confusion and inconvenience this has caused. Cisco Connect Cloud and Cisco Linksys routers do not monitor or store information about how our customers are using the Internet and we do not arbitrarily disconnect customers from the Internet. The Cisco Connect Cloud Service has never monitored customers' Internet usage, nor was it designed to do so. Cisco will not push software updates to customers' Linksys routers when the auto-update setting is turned off."
T-Mobile USA begged for forgiveness in April after slipping advertisements onto Android smartphone customers' update notification screens promoting the carrier's free VIP Zone offering. The carrier stopped the practice after the complaints came rolling in.
The apology: "During a recent software update, a message to promote T-Mobile's free VIP Zone was mistakenly sent to certain customers and appeared on the notification bar for some Android devices. After T-Mobile was made aware of this mistake, the company stopped the notifications. T-Mobile apologizes for the inconvenience this may have caused customers."


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Statement from Leslie Kantor, Planned Parenthoods National Director of Education, on The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unintended Pregnancys Data on the Economic Costs of Teen Childbearing
"Today's release of new data on the costs of teen childbearing is a wake-up call that the United States needs to make more investments in prevention. These findings from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unintended Pregnancy are the most recent set of data showing that teen childbearing costs taxpayers close to $11 billion per year. The National Campaign's findings present a conclusion remarkably similar to three Guttmacher Institute studies published this month in the scientific journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Greater public investment in sex education and family planning services is needed to reduce the rates of unintended pregnancy.
"We know what works to keep young people from becoming pregnant. Sex education works. Hundreds of studies have demonstrated that sex education is effective when it provides the information, interpersonal skills and motivation that young people need to delay sex — and use contraception and condoms when they do have sex. More than 30 evidenced-based sex education programs already exist, and researchers are evaluating several others aimed at helping young people make responsible decisions about their sexual and emotional health. Once young people become sexually active, they must have access to family planning services.
"By whatever rigorous methods we use to calculate the cost of childbearing, the conclusion is the same: teenagers must have the tools they need to plan for parenthood."
Washington, DC — Planned Parenthood today called upon all Americans to recognize the urgency of reducing the nation's teen unintended pregnancy rate. Teen pregnancy and birthrates have declined sharply since the early 1990s. But a new report from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy shows that teen childbearing cost United States taxpayers $10.9 billion in 2008.
The National Campaign report links teen pregnancy to other negative consequences that increase financial costs to taxpayers. According to the report, if those giving birth during their teen years instead had their children during adulthood, U.S. taxpayers would save about $1,600 per person annually. Prior studies have found that over 80 percent of teen pregnancies are unintended.
The June 2011 issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health includes a study from researchers at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization, that detailed a similar $11 billion toll from unintended pregnancy. That report estimated that the government spent between $9.6 billion and $12.6 billion paying for more than 1.2 million unintended pregnancies in 2001. Two additional studies, also published in same issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, had similar findings.


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The Ford Legacy Survives
Ford started a 4x4 legacy that scratched an indelible mark on the off-road world over 45 years ago with the introduction of the Bronco. Since its release in 1966 (late 1965) the beloved Bronco has morphed into a number of popular body styles and was fitted with the advanced performance features of the times. The early utilitarian four-wheel-drive vehicles gave off-road enthusiasts a tough, dependable, and capable vehicle that could be driven to and from adventure locations with the ability to carry family and more gear than its competitors. To this day, the early Bronco is highly sought after, and its later-model fullsize brother and the smaller Bronco II are still classics in many circles of off-road fanatics.
Early Bronco ('66-'77)
The '66-'77 Bronco was a utilitarian vehicle designed with the now-classic body lines of the era and built to compete with Jeep CJ-5 and IH Scout 800. The vehicle's design included a number of cutting-edge (for the time) performance features like front coil springs and radius arms. The rugged early Bronco was fitted with solid axles front and rear, and it was offered in three body styles.
The Bronco quickly became popular among off-road and outdoor enthusiasts because it gave them more cargo room than the Jeep CJ-5 and classier body styling than the bulbous Scout. The Bronco was also offered with a standard inline-six or V-8 engine, unlike the its competitors.
A number of modifications were implemented on the Bronco over its production lifespan to keep up with the competition. The 289ci and 302ci V-8 engine, 200ci inline-six, power steering and brakes, trim styling packages, and upgraded appointments made for a great on- and off-road rig.
'66-'77 Bronco Specs
Standard till '73: 170 ci I-6 with 89 hp and 146 lb-ft of torque
After '73 and discontinued in '75: 200ci I-6 with 89 hp and 156 lb-ft
Optional till '68: 289 ci V-8 with 150 hp and 242 lb-ft
Optional after '68: 302ci V-8 with 137 hp and 222 lb-ft
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Transmissions: Ford 3-speed manual, C-4 automatic ('73)
Transfer case: Dana 20 low gear of 2.46:1
Front Axle: Dana 30 (Dana 44 after '71)
Rear Axle: Ford 9-inch
Front: Coil spring and radius arms
Rear: Semielliptical leaf springs
Optional: Reserve tanks available
Fuel capacity (gal): 14.5
Wheelbase (in): 92
Fullsize Bronco ('78-'96)
It had a long production run of 18 years, but the fullsize Bronco was initially released to compete with other sport/utility vehicles from Jeep, Chevy, and Dodge. The fullsize Bronco was based on Ford's F-series pickup and shared a number of components with the truck to keep production costs down.
The larger, more powerful 4x4 represented the second-through-fifth generations of the Ford Bronco and was a big hit with four-wheelers and other outdoor enthusiasts.
The second generation lasted only two model years, '78-'79. The third generation was '80-'86, The fourth '87-'91, and the fifth '92-'96.
Over the years the Bronco underwent a number of styling and performance changes, even losing the dependable solid front axle and moving to an awkward Twin Traction Beam (TTB) for the '80 model year. The fullsize Bronco held its own against the competitive Jeep Wagoneer, Dodge Ramcharger, and Chevy Blazer 4x4 vehicles, but was finally discontinued after the '96 model to make way for its replacement, the Ford Expedition.


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Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK: Quote) is up 9 percent to $46.00. The company's fourth quarter profit rose nearly 22 percent from the year-ago quarter. Total revenue increased 19.9 percent for the fourth quarter.
Liz Claiborne, Inc. (LIZ: Quote) is up over 2 percent to $10.65. The company swung to a profit in its fourth quarter. Net sales declined 2.6 percent. The company reaffirmed its 2012 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $125 million to $140 million, excluding foreign currency transaction gains or losses.
First Solar, Inc. (FSLR: Quote) is falling 6 percent to $34.20 as the company has slipped to a loss in its fourth quarter. The company also lowered its fiscal 2012 net sales guidance, while reiterating earnings per share forecast.
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (TTEC: Quote) is down 12 percent to $15.55 as the company's fourth quarter earnings and revenue were below Wall Street view. The company also guided 2012 revenue below consensus.
Universal Display Corp. (PANL: Quote) is down nearly 6 percent to $43.06 as the company forecast full year 2012 revenue below analysts' estimate. However, the company reported a profit for its fourth quarter, with both earnings per share and revenues coming in above consensus estimates.
SodaStream International Ltd. (SODA: Quote) is falling 12 percent to $41.68. The company's fourth quarter profit and revenue improved from the year-ago quarter. The company expects full year 2012 revenue to increase approximately 28 percent and net income to increase by approximately 42 percent.
Central European Distribution Corp. (CEDC: Quote) is down 29 percent to $3.85. The company's fourth quarter loss widened from the previous year period. Comparable earnings per share and net sales were sharply below consensus.
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"I talked to Jimmy Cagney the same way I talked to the parking lot attendant. We're losing the passion of these people without even realizing it …"
Louis "Studs" Terkel, 1912-to-2008
I met Studs Terkel—author of the 1974 non-fiction classic "Working"—three times.
The first time was over the summer of 1978 during a road trip to Chicago to see the Rolling Stones at Soldier Field.
[I told the celebrated historian that it was more exciting to interview him than seeing the Glimmer Twins. He was tickled.]
Some 20 years later, I saw Terkel twice in Baltimore in two days: a brief hello as he walked past The Bridge restaurant on Calvert Street with then-Sunpapers book editor Michael Pakenham and the following morning in Hampden for breakfast with other reporters.
In Chicago he asked me what my parents thought of the rioting and police brutality at the '68 Democratic National Convention in the Windy City. I was embarrassed to tell him that I wasn't sure.
In Crabtown, he said: "Sometimes when I'm talking to the so-called ordinary people, those who are capable of extraordinary things, every once in a while there's a great moment."
The magic of the so-called
I first encountered Terkel in the pages of the National Geographic, paging through the April 1978 edition featuring the city of Sandburg, Algren and Augie.
Harvey Arden's story said Terkel wrote about elevator operators, greasy spoon waitresses and union carpenters along with goofball office workers and people doing , like the newsroom copy boy.
They were the kind of characters I'd grown up with and, as a 20-year-old trying to figure out how to be a writer, was drawn to.
Just before the end of my sophomore year at Loyola College on Charles Street, my English professor and mentor Thomas Scheye challenged our journalism class. Anybody who gets a by-line in The Sun over the summer, he said - even if they failed the class - will have their grade changed to an A.
I was determined to be that guy and reckoned I'd have to catch a big fish to sell at market.
Stumbling upon this champion of the little guy named after a James T. Farrell character, I knew I'd found my fish.
My Aunt Dolores would put me up for a couple of nights and my cousins were keen to see the Stones' "Some Girls" tour. I hopped in the family's new Ford Granada with party buddy Mark Szczybor and made for the shores of Lake Michigan.
I got the A – and my first byline in my hometown paper - but the grade means nothing to me now. It was the hour with the affable Terkel that matters, a good hour in which he spent more time asking about my working class background than answering my questions about the writing life.
It echoes to this day, Labor Day, 2012.
By the time, I saw Studs again, I was a veteran reporter in my last year at The Sun, though I didn't know it at the time; didn't know I would soon take a buy-out and rejoin the laboring ranks as a merchant seaman while waiting for the dust to clear after the implosion of the newspaper business.
It was late February of 2000. Studs, now 87, made like he remembered my visit to his office at WFMT-FM two decades earlier, pretended to know that I brought him cigars along with my rookie questions. And told me he'd be in town long enough for breakfast the following morning and I was welcome to join him.
I took along a young Sun reporter – Allison Klein, now with the Washington Post, who was not much older than I was when I interviewed Terkel in the early years of the Carter Administration. Studs wasn't up to finishing his plate of eggs, so I cleaned his plate while he regarded Allison as he once had me.
"He seemed to have such an unusual and intense interest in everyone who crossed his path - me, you, the waitress," said Klein, impressed that Terkel took notes. "I was there to meet the legend, but he ended up asking me a lot questions about myself.
"When I walked away," she said, "I understood a little better what made him so great."


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Professor of Health Economics and Policy
Associate Dean for Diversity
Department of Health Policy and Management
Office of the Dean
Harvard Affiliations: Harvard Interfaculty PhD Program in Health Policy
Professor Rosenthal's research examines the design and impact of
market-based health policy reforms, including the use of provider financial incentives and
mechanisms to alter consumer behavior and the competitive environment for
health care providers.
Ph.D., 1998, Harvard University
A.B., 1990, Brown University
Current Research Projects
Pay for Performance
The adoption of pay for performance to encourage health care providers to improve the quality of care is an important trend in the U.S. and abroad. One of our current projects in this area examines a relatively novel and potentially powerful approach to pay for performance that is patient- rather than population-focused. That is, rewards are calculated for every patient that receives recommended care rather than based on a provider's performance averaged over a population. The setting for the proposed work is the Hudson Health Plan (HHP), a not-for-profit Medicaid-focused managed care plan. HHP introduced a pediatric immunization bonus program in which providers are eligible for payments of up to $200 per child for complete and timely immunization by the age of 2.
Patient-Centered Medical Homes
There is widespread interest in organizing health care delivery around a defined "medical home" as a means of addressing both the poor quality and high cost of medical care in the United States. By situating accountability for a patient with a physician or clinical team, the medical home model is intended to reduce redundancy, ensure continuity of care, and increase the delivery of high-value preventive care. We have begun to evaluate the implementation and impact of the medical home in a multi-payer pilot, the Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative (CSI). The pilot has been developed in collaboration with a broad group of stakeholders that includes medical group leaders, physician specialty societies, health plans, and purchasers. Our study will examine the adoption of structural changes by participating practices and the impact on cost, quality, and patient experience of care.
Payment Reform
At the beginning of the decade, the Institute of Medicine shone an unfavorable spotlight on the health care reimbursement system in the U.S., highlighting its perverse reinforcement of patterns of care that result in high costs and patient harm. The rise of pay for performance was the most immediate response to these concerns. Experimentation with and debate about pay for performance has had an important side effect, however: renewed interest in broader payment reforms. In two recent papers, I have examined emerging provider payment reforms and explored the philosophical and practical differences among them. A related empirical study will examine the implications for payers and providers of adopting an episode-based payment scheme as an alternative to fee-for-service payment.
Dr. Rosenthal's principal research interests revolve around economic incentives that influence consumer and provider health care decisions. She is currently working on a series of related projects that examine evolving trends in the health insurance market, including the use of pay-for-performance, tiered networks, and consumer-directed health plans.
Most recently, Dr. Rosenthal has been collaborating on a study involving interlocking national surveys of health benefit purchasers and health plans to examine efforts to improve the value of health care, including the use of pay-for-performance, tiered networks, and public reporting of quality information. Results from this study will characterize the current state of value-based purchasing, the interplay between purchaser and health plan activities, and the market, purchaser, and health plan factors associated with the adoption of particular strategies.
Dr. Rosenthal is also working on an evaluation of the uptake and impact of health risk appraisals (HRAs) in a large national health plan.
This study will examine:
- overall rates of HRA completion;
- the impact of a consumer financial incentive on HRA completion;
- the characteristics of consumers who opt to complete an HRA (including a comparison of enrollees in traditional managed care plans to enrollees in consumer-directed health plans); and
- early effects of HRAs on health behavior.
Finally, Dr. Rosenthal has begun to examine the implementation of a set of strategies designed to improve the value of health care spending in a Preferred Provider Organization model plan ("the PPO", hereafter) that insures low-wage workers in a single metropolitan area. The PPO covers 56,000 primary subscribers and their dependents, a many of whom are members of ethnic and racial minority groups. The specific policies to be evaluated are: network narrowing, pay-for-performance, and financial incentives for patients to adhere to recommended prenatal care.


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Volvo Buses' subsidiary in Canada, Nova Bus, has been selected as supplier of 322 articulated buses by the Province of Quebec`s transit authorities with deliveries in 2009-2012.
The Volvo Trucks cab factory in Umeå has received the local authority's eco-award for 2006.
Volvo Trucks in the Netherlands has received an order for 200 trucks from Den Hartogh Liquid Logistics, a specialist in the transport of bulk liquids for the chemical industry in Europe.
Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group's three truck companies increased 3% through November this year, compared with the year-earlier period.
The Central-East European Region of Volvo Truck Corporation and Nissan Sales Central & Eastern Europe have agreed on conditions to enable the distribution of three of Nissan's light commercial vehicles in Poland.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) has selected Volvo Aero to participate in the early development phase of the nozzles for the J-2X engine, destined for NASA's new manned launcher ARES I, the successor of the current Space Shuttle.
The 2005/2006 Volvo Ocean Race reached more than 1.8 billion TV viewers worldwide, which is more than twice as many compared with the preceding race.
Semi-conductor material silicon carbide is one of the hottest substances today in the world of research into hybrid vehicles.
Volvo Buses has received an order for 110 Volvo B7R buses from Translink in Northern Ireland. The buses will be used as school buses and will be delivered for the start of school in September 2007.
Compact, fuel-efficient and with excellent load step performance are characteristics
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Pauls Valley, Oklahoma —
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Breaking News: Wreck at I-35 and SH 19
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Easter weekend egg hunts in PV
Footloose Fest offers a full day for visitors
The tradition that has made Elmore City a household name, The Footloose Festival, is set to bring its signature event back for a fourth year.
Recycling fun for Earth Day
Tips on living healthy, conservation and even plastic water bottles were flying all over this week as Pauls Valley's new recycling center celebrated its first ever birthday.
Unicycle fun one more time
A class teaching kids and adults alike how to ride a unicycle is about to make a second go around here in Pauls Valley.
Tree honor runs deep
Maysville's grade school was a good place for some learning, namely about trees as students and others gathered Monday to celebrate one of their own taking the top prize in a statewide Arbor Week contest.
Community rallying around teen
Waging a war against cancer has always included support not just for those afflicted, but for loved ones impacted by the disease.
Tasty Treats Help Relay for Life
BrickFest, Hero Day to join forces
The wait is finally over and the news is looking good for a BrickFest event this year in Pauls Valley.
Visions big for local food pantry
Board members for a Pauls Valley food pantry now have their plans in place for yet another holiday tradition later this year.
Worker safety focus of area event
Bringing people together for some family fun and a serious message is a way for a couple of Wynnewood and Pauls Valley widows to honor their late husbands.
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31st January 2013
Lexicon has announced that effective immediately it is offering new, lower prices on its audio plug-ins. In addition, the company is streamlining its lineup to focus on five core plug-in bundles.
There now five core plug-in bundles:
- PCM Total Bundle: 14 VST/AU/RTAS reverb and effects, New SRP: $999.
- PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle: 7 VST/AU/RTAS reverbs, New SRP: $599.
- PCM Native Effects Plug-In Bundle: 7 VST/AU/RTAS effects, New SRP: $499.
- LXP Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle: 4 VST/AU/RTAS reverbs, New SRP: $199.
- MPX Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle: VST/AU/RS reverb, New SRP: $99.
The plug-ins offer a wide variety of Lexicon reverbs and effects like Vintage Plate, Hall, Room, Concert Hall and other hallmark Lexicon reverbs, and effects that run the gamut from Pitch Shift, Chorus, Dual Delay and Resonant Chords to other completely unique sounds. All the plug-ins are designed to work with popular DAWs like Pro Tools and Logic, as well as with any other VST, Audio Unit or RTAS-compatible platform and with Windows and Macintosh computers.
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Powder Week 2012 – Day 3
Video highlights from the final day of Powder Week
Video highlights from the final day of Powder Week
Video highlights from the final day of Powder Week
VIDEO: The Most Fun Skiing on a 4-Inch Base
This video got passed around the internet today. On the one hand: Tanner Hall's beard is pretty impressive; despite the snow—they're jibbing bare patches here—they're also straightlining hardpack Mainline Pocket and generally making the most out of very little. On the other hand: So much fist-bumping; Tanner Hall's tongue; that poor girl on the chairlift; that poor 'Slow' sign; irie; an awkward scene in the parking lot; and who doesn't love Deltron 3030, but Hall and Oates seems more fitting in this context.
published: April 15, 2014
Ben Leoni is doing it right once again, taking advantage of his weekends to find the best snow on the East Coast. The latest from Meathead Films.
published: April 3, 2014
As Mike Douglas says, Scot Schmidt, the original freeskier, influenced us all. So Douglas took a road trip to visit Schmidt at the Yellowstone Club to see whether Schmidt still has it at 52. The answer is obvious. If anything, he's got it figured out more than ever, living slopeslide and skiing every single day.
published: April 1, 2014
Who would guess that Joss Christensen and Torin Yater-Wallace were in the Olympic spotlight a month ago? Now that the hype has died down, they're back to doing their thing in Park City with Peter Adam Crook.
published: March 31, 2014
VIDEO: The Best of the Xtreme Verbier
Watch the ski highlights from the Freeride World Tour Finals last weekend at the Verbier Xtreme. Homepage photo: Women's FWT Champion Nadine Wallner. PHOTO: Freeride World Tour
published: March 31, 2014
VIDEO: This Webisode Is Absurd
Pow, vodka, go-go dancers, MI-8 helicopters, go-go dancers... Who the hell are these guys? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I want to hang out with them.
published: March 27, 2014
VIDEO: Salomon Freeski TV Spring Break
While Cody Townsend, Leah Evans, and Josh Daiek wait for the spring snowpack to set up in British Columbia, Josh Dueck shows them a thing or two about sit skis. Not surprising, sit skiing is really hard.
published: March 24, 2014
VIDEO: The Pain McShlonkey Classic Proudly Presents Shorter
In honor of the 2014 Pain McShlonkey Classic, which is next weekend at Squaw Valley, the producers who brought you Weaker and Smaller are proud to present the third and final chapter, Shorter. The fourth annual Pain McShlonkey Classic will see another group of snowbladers and snowlerboarders test themselves against the extremes in the Chinese Downhill and, new this year, Snow Blade Ballet at Squaw Valley on Saturday, March 29. Spectators are encouraged to cheer, dance, and heckle, and drink Jack Daniel at the afterparty that night. To find out more information about the 2014 Pain McShlonkey Classic, click-over to ShaneMcConkey.org. You should also catch last year's award-winning production, Of.Course.I.Can..
published: March 19, 2014
Video: Pep Fujas Night Skiing Pow
The latest glimpse behind what Nimbus Independent is up to.
published: March 17, 2014
Video: Working for the Weekend, Episode 3
Sometimes you get out there and you're rewarded with untracked, blower snow and prime conditions. Other times you get out there and you're rewarded with rain crust mank. But skiing is still fun either way. For all those weekend warriors, let Ben Leoni inspire you to just get out there. In the third episode of Working for the Weekend, Leoni heads to the White Mountain Chutes. Read more about what's new with Meathead Films' and their new direction to stick to the world wide web.
published: March 11, 2014
The latest clip from Nimbus Independent, shot in snowy Japan.
published: March 10, 2014
Video: Welcome to the FWT Revelstoke
Due to high avalanche danger on the Mac Daddy (Mount Mackenzie) venue located in the backcountry outside the resort, the Freeride World Tour at Revelstoke has been postponed. The competition will not take place Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Event organizers are currently evaluating the situation. Stay tuned for more information.
published: March 10, 2014
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Battle at the Bar
Jack Bettridge
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10th Anniversary Issue, Nov/Dec 02
"What is the best drink with a fine cigar?" is probably the question I field most as an editor of Cigar Aficionado, especially since I do much of the spirits writing in the magazine and on the Web site. "When I reply, "Cognac, of course," -- an inadequate answer at best -- I am immediately drawn into a trap. Inevitably, the other guy prefers single-malt Scotch and wants to argue about it. Since I don't really believe it's Cognac -- at least not all of the time -- I don't answer that way.
Instead, I usually go into some long-winded discourse that is a sure cure to insomnia and never get to the main point that I would like to make most. To wit: I don't want to know what the best cigar and spirit pairing is. Then I'd have to quit sampling. Without boxing myself in, I can, however, make some generalities about which pairings work better than others (I have learned something in all these years). While it may seem axiomatic that the drink bone is connected to the smoke bone, it is my contention that some drinks offer more connective tissue.
When choosing a spirit to go with a cigar, I select in much the same way as a sommelier pairs wine with food: considering the relative flavor weights. A cigar is a pretty hefty experience. Therefore it deserves a weighty drink to go with it. The years that brown spirits spend in oak impart weighty flavors that sing harmony to most cigars. If you prefer wine, beer, vodka, gin or a cocktail with a cigar -- or that's all you have at the moment -- by all means, bottoms up. But for present purposes, I will restrict my musings to whiskey, aged rum and brandy.
Matching body weight is a convenient rule. It seems logical that a full-bodied cigar should go well with a full-bodied drink, and a mild-bodied cigar with a mild-bodied drink. After all, a big cigar will heat up the finish on a light spirit; a full-bodied spirit will overwhelm a light cigar. Two problems persist with this rule, however. First, like all generalizations, it's not always true. We've been pleasantly surprised in pairings when a big, ballsy cigar made a great partner for a light whiskey and vice versa. Second, it's a rule that's more useful for avoiding mistakes than for identifying sublime marriages.
Truly great pairings come when complex flavors within a cigar and a spirit create synergy -- that is, attributes that were not evident come to the forefront. A dull cigar suddenly smacks of cocoa; whiskey tastes of orange peel. Both cigar and spirit develop a nuttiness where it previously hadn't been. Predicting or pinpointing the causes behind such good fortune is harder than simply matching body weights. A spicy, salty cigar might soar when paired with a sweeter spirit because the tastes complement and create overtones of toast or nuts. But other pairings work because like flavors meet: a woody cigar with a smoky Scotch, for instance. Then again, chocolate and leathery-sweet cigars match well with sweet Bourbons and rums. Furthermore, a great spirit can tame a slightly savage cigar as when acid turns to flowers in the company of grand old Cognac.
So each of the classic cigar-pairing spirits -- rum, Cognac, Scotch and Bourbon -- has its own grounds on which it might claim drinking hegemony. This is how I'd argue each one's case:
Geography provides rum's claim to perfect partnership with cigars. The raw materials for each product -- sugar cane and tobacco -- grow in similar climates, sometimes very close to each other. If you apply to spirits and cigars the concept of regional affinity that is so often used in pairing wine and food -- that is, you expect local produce to match well with local wines -- rum with a smoke is a natural marriage.
It's hard to argue that the enjoyment of both won't be enhanced when lounging in a tropical setting. Easy climate and laid-back culture meld to create the mood that brings one to a smoke and a drink in the first place. It is similarly difficult to deny that Cuba, a place that grows both cigar tobacco and sugar cane, once made the best cigars and rum in the world. And they went together quite nicely, thank you.
Even if you don't buy the idea that a particular environment can imply an organic synergy on all that grows there, a certain logic applies to the proximity of production and its effect on rum and cigars. Traditionally, Caribbean cigarmakers have been rum drinkers because that was the spirit made where they worked. Similarly, rum men smoked cigars due to their availability and place in the culture. They enjoyed the pleasures simultaneously and, consciously or not, created their respective concoctions to go with the other. You don't smoke cigars and create a spirit that is at odds with it. You don't drink rum and roll cigars to be smoked with white wine.
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Last month Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide held a grand opening for a hotel brand that guests won't be checking into for more than a year. Human beings must wait, but avatars are welcome in the first of the chain's new aloft hotels, which has opened its digital doors in Second Life, a 3-D computer-generated world.
Second Life is hot Internet property, where players around the world spend about $350,000 a day to outfit their avatars, buy "land," build homes, and have virtual fun. It is so popular, in fact, that Reuters last month became the first mainstream news agency to assign a full-time reporter to follow news inside the role-playing game.
Starwood built the aloft property in this virtual world to entice visitors to stop by to see the new brand, a stylish alternative in the limited service market, and give designers feedback. The community is responding. Among the comments so far has been that the walls in the public spaces are too bland. (See rendering above.) Starwood says it's addressing the issue by changing the plain white curtains to a textured metal mesh, and developing a contest for the Second Life community to submit digital artwork for the lobby walls and considering a local artists program for the real-life aloft properties.
An aloft will open in 2008 in Charleston, S.C. Others are in development in Lexington, Mass., the Philadelphia airport, and the San Francisco airport.
To visit, take your geekmobile to Second Life (basic subscriptions are free) at www.secondlife.com, or peruse a companion blog at www.virtualaloft.com.
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We have 3 chillers, 3 CHWP and 3 CDWP dedicated for office tower building load.
Chiller technical room is at roof floor.
When we run all CDWP, it is fine.
If we start running one CHWP, that is fine also.
But if we run 2 CHWP, one CHWP will make main circuit breaker get trip.
Note: breaker calibration is 150%[160A] higher than normal rated Amp.
- Cable line to each pump is fine, around 30 or 38 DegC
- During Breaker get trip, max rated Amp=80A
- CHWP- Chilled Water Pump
- CDWP- Condenser Water Pump
Could you kindly advice?
Does the surge pressure head cause on evaporator section can effect to motor overload?
Very thanks for your advice and comment.


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Updated: 01/03/2013 - In many ways, Donna Joyner is a typical realtor -- always on the go and always on the phone. Joyner lives in a busy world of buyers and sellers and homes.
Updated: 09/06/2012 - Our Time To Care winner for September is a young mother of three who has seen her share of hard times. But instead of letting it get her down, she found a way to help her own family by helping others in need.
Updated: 08/02/2012 - Our Time To Care winner for August is a local man who's spent decades helping others. His ideas have been as big as starting a school and small as planting a garden.
Posted: 07/05/2012 - It is that time of year when patriotism is in the spotlight. As News 12's Richard Rogers tells us, July's Time to Care Award winner is a real patriot – not just one month a year but all year long.
Updated: 03/09/2012 - There's been an increase in the amount of animals being sent to shelters and animal services say they are just having a hard time keeping up.
Updated: 02/02/2012 - Now, just a matter of months after his near-death experience, our friend and co-worker is back running again. A day that nearly ended his life ended up changing it forever.
Updated: 10/05/2011 - He says, he was just doing his job but he could have saved a woman's life in the process. Ken Bowers drives a public transit bus for Columbia County and his quick thinking and concern make him this month's Time to Care Award winner.
Updated: 04/15/2011 - News 12 and our Time to Care partners have decided to postpone the Time to Care Family Fair.
Updated: 04/13/2011 - There are lessons in school, and lessons in life. This month's Time to Care Award winner is passing her wisdom on to a new generation of youngsters.
Updated: 10/13/2010 - October's Time To Care Award winner is well known in the North Augusta community. If there's one thing you should know about Pat Carpenter, it's that she loves kids.
Posted: 09/30/2010 - News 12 kicked off their Time to Care "Warm Hearts" Warm-A-Thon benefiting the Garden City Rescue Mission. People came from all over to the Augusta Mall to bring jackets, blankets and clothes for homeless people who are trying to get on their feet at the Garden City Rescue Mission.
Posted: 09/29/2010 - As we head into colder weather, News 12, Augusta Mall, and our Time to Care partners Troy University, Subway, and Ashley Furniture HomeStore are sponsoring the Warm Hearts Warm-a-Thon.
Posted: 09/01/2010 - September's Time To Care Award winners are a couple of local men who make the perfect life-saving team.


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We left Spring Creek Ranch at dawn this morning to take advantage of nice lighting for this morning's photo safari.
These excursions differ from our wildlife safaris in that we work to put ourselves in the best possible photogenic locations while discussing camera equipment and useful techniques for nature photography. We ended up with excellent opportunities to photograph the Teton Mountains, this coyote stalking prey, and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.


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Bears Claw Their Way to Overtime Victory Over Saints
CLEVELAND, GA – The North Georgia men's basketball team took on cross town rival Truett-McConnell College on Tuesday evening, battling back to force overtime where the Bears never trailed in a 90-83 victory over the Saints in non-conference action.
The Saints continue to struggle to open the year, falling to 1-4 overall on the season, while the Bears are now 3-4 on the year.
The Bears looked sharp in the early going as Roderick Bombard knocked down a three-pointer with 16:33 left in the opening half to give Truett-McConnell a four-point edge at 8-4.
The Saints then clamped down on defense and couldn't miss on the other end, going on a 14-0 run, capped by a free throw from Elijah Smith to give North Georgia their largest lead of the half at 18-8 with 12:32 remaining.
Truett-McConnell battled right back and used a 14-2 run of their own to regain the lead as Roderick connected on one of his five first-half three-pointers to make it a 33-32 lead for the Bears with 6:04 remaining.
The lead changed hands two more times before TMC snagged their largest lead of the half at 42-37 on a Jesse Norton fast break layup, but the Saints' Smith came right back and ran the floor to grab an offensive board and slam it home to cut the Bears' lead to 44-41 heading to intermission.
The Bears came out in the second half and scored eight straight points to open the period, giving TMC their largest lead of the game at 52-41, but in a game of runs the Saints answered with 12 straight of their own as Elijah Smith grabbed an offensive rebound and slammed it home to give North Georgia their first lead of the second half at 53-52 with 14:22 remaining.
After falling behind seven points again, the Saints fought their way back and took the lead 66-65 behind a three-point play by Smith with 7:54 remaining. The Bears knotted the score again at 72-72, but North Georgia scored back-to-back buckets from Smith and Carl Taylor, pushing the Saints' lead back to four at 76-72 with 4:18 remaining.
Both teams clamped down on defense in the final minutes and with time running down under 30 seconds, North Georgia found themselves up by a pair with the ball, but Chaun Tinney's three-pointer was off the mark to the Bears who coaxed a foul with 17 seconds remaining. Bombard drained both free throws, setting up the final possession for Clarence Tillman who was off the mark with the final shot of regulation, sending the game into overtime deadlocked at 78-78.
In overtime it was all Truett-McConnell as Bombard drilled one of his game-high seven three-pointers to open the period. Carl Taylor followed with a 15-foot jumper on the next possession, but the Bears caught fire, leading by as many as seven with 46 seconds left before taking the 90-83 victory when the buzzer sounded.
Bombard led all scorers with 34 points, going 7-for-12 from long range, and 11-for-23 from the field, while adding five assists in the victory.
Smith led North Georgia with 21 points, while Taylor added 18, Tillman tallied 13 and Keldrick Coleman rounded out the Saints in double figures with 11. Tinney had a game-high seven assists, while recording five steals in the loss.
The Saints will have nearly a week before making the long trip down to Boca Raton, Florida, to take on Lynn University next Monday evening. Tip-off against the Fighting Knights is set for 8:00 p.m.


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I'm Canadian and I use Ubuntu. So I guess that proves trevelyn right.I also use Debian, FreeBSD, Windows, Dos, TRS-80 Basic, Amiga, Commodore BASIC, and many others.
My spare computer (Athlon 64 3500+ w/512mb RAM...Pitiful, but that's why it's not my main PC anymore.) is running OpenSuSE with KDE.
What's this "lynuxx" I keep hearing about? All you hackers, your crazy toys. The government is going to stop you, you know. I'm over here paying a good two hundred and some dollars for my DOS; why can't you kids do the same? Get a real job. Support the family. When the new Pentium comes out, I'll show you whipper-snappers a thing or two.
I wish Ubuntu did that cool cube that spins around thing.
I want this cool spinning cube thing. WTF is it?
It's called Compiz Fusion. I found it very easily in Ubuntu (just look in the package manager). Also, while your getting the cube, get the Compiz addon called Atlantis 2 - it puts fish in the cube. The package for that in Ubuntu is called compiz-fusion-plugins-extra btw.
1. Go to "System," then "Administration" and "Synaptic Package Manager." Search for and select the file named "compizconfig-settings-manager."2. Install the file named "compizconfig-settings-manager."3. Click on "System," then "Preferences" and finally "CompizConfig Settings Manager" 4. Check the box labeled "Rotate Cube."5. Go to the lower right corner and right-click on one of your workspaces, select preferences, set the number of columns to four. 6. With your mouse middle-click and hold somewhere on your desktop and viola!


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Alexis Wineman grew up being called a "retard." But her twin sister, Amanda, helped her find the swagger to win the people's choice vote at this year's Miss America pageant. In a Glamour exclusive, they urge us all to be a little more accepting.
The twin win: Miss Montana Alexis Wineman, left, with her "other half" and biggest supporter, Amanda, in Las Vegas in January.
As Alexis Wineman stepped onstage into the blinding lights at Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, her heart was pounding under her Miss Montana sash. But she pressed forward in four-inch heels, keeping her blue eyes wide open for the cameras. She'd made it this far to the Miss America pageant on January 12; she didn't want to miss a thing. Every one of the 53 contestants vying for $352,000 in scholarships that night had worked hard to get there. But Wineman, 18, had persevered more doggedly than any of them, overcoming a childhood of challenges: As a girl in rural Cut Bank, Montana, she'd struggled so much socially that her only friend was a stuffed animal; at age 11 she'd been diagnosed with a form of autism. And had it not been for the devoted encouragement of her fraternal twin, Amanda, this beauty queen might never have wowed millions (in a bikini!) or been crowned the America's Choice winner by online voters. So Wineman felt triumph—and, as the sisters reveal in our Glamour exclusive, hope that stereotypes about this common disorder might be fading. Listen in.
Kim Butterworth, Alexis and Amanda's mom: As toddlers, Alexis and Amanda were as close as any twins could be. They had a language that sounded like gibberish.
Amanda Wineman: I'd say something to her, and then she'd start laughing—
Alexis Wineman: —and our dad would listen on the baby monitor and think we were plotting his demise.
Kim Butterworth: Alexis didn't actually talk until she was nearly three. And she couldn't catch a ball or tie her shoes. She didn't walk until she was almost two. Amanda, who walked at 11 months, was always telling her, "You can do it, come on!" But my husband and I wrote a lot of it off because Alexis was so cute. Everybody babied her. We thought she'd do things when she was ready.
Alexis Wineman: When I went to elementary school, I knew I was different. I had to go to speech therapy; I couldn't pronounce my L's or TH's, or say S, A, and R sounds. And if a teacher was talking and there was a fly, the room could catch on fire and I'd still be looking at the fly. Also, I took everything literally. I remember one time, Dad said, "It's raining cats and dogs outside," and I ran to the window screaming, "Save them!" What hurt most was that I didn't have any real friends. Amanda was a social butterfly. So I'd think, Where are my friends?
Amanda Wineman: I did have a lot of friends early on. I don't remember hanging out with Alexis at all.
Alexis Wineman: The problem was, the things people did just made no sense to me. I decided to watch the other kids: What's a friend supposed to be? I came to the conclusion that it's someone you meet at school and tell all your secrets to. So I brought my Winnie the Pooh doll to class and talked to him.
Kim Butterworth: After second grade, Amanda skipped ahead into fourth, while Alexis didn't.
Alexis Wineman: That's enough to make anyone feel dumb. But I got called "retarded" a lot. I really hate that word.
Amanda Wineman: That made me mad. I actually fought with a girl over my sister. But I had my own bullies. I was almost two years younger than everyone and getting A's, so I was a good target. "What's Amanda?" they'd mock. "A man. Duh."
Alexis Wineman: There was so much pressure on us that we started fighting. I assumed that Amanda thought she was better than me. That made me sick. And things kept getting worse. At school I couldn't always keep up with the timed tests and all the homework. I'd build up so much frustration and I'd try to keep it under control, but...
Amanda Wineman: You could see it happening. She would start to get upset and tense. Then you'd ask her something small like, "Can you hand me that pencil?"
Kim Butterworth: And she'd totally melt down. Books and pencils flying.
Amanda Wineman: Crying, screaming, "Leave me alone! I can't do this!" I couldn't understand. She was my twin; I wanted her to be just like me, but she wasn't. And I was so confused: Should I hug her? Yell back? Nothing helped. I thought she hated me.
Kim Butterworth: The meltdowns lasted hours and became more frequent. We'd have to grab and hold her; she'd be as stiff as a board. It was scary. And she started melting down at school. I'd get the call: "We're having a problem." Later, we consulted our pastor and a therapist, and took her to specialists. It took 18 months, but when she was 11, she was diagnosed with "pervasive developmental disorder–not otherwise specified."
Michelle Hellwig, R.N., who treats Alexis: That means she's on the autism spectrum. She has parts of both autism and Asperger's. [Some advocates prefer the phrasing "she has autism" versus the more objectifying "she is autistic."]
Alexis Wineman: To me, the diagnosis came 11 years too late. I felt like people now were going to think I was making it up. Autism was just another name to be called.


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